土蜘蛛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	蜘	蛛
つち Grade: 1	くも > ぐも
つち Grade: 1	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

土 (tsuchi, “soil”) +‎ 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つちぐも [tsùchígúmó] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) つちぐも [tsùchígúꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡ɕiɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

Noun

土(つち)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 土蜘蛛(ツチグモ) • (tsuchigumo)

(historical) a renegade clan
tsuchigumo, a member of a race of spider-like yokai
(dialectal) Synonym of 地蜘蛛 (jigumo, “ground spider”) (Atypus karschi)

Derived terms

大(オオ)土(ツチ)蜘蛛(グモ) (ōtsuchigumo)

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